Canaday Steam Plt, NE Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Canaday Steam Plt's primary NOAA station, CANADAY STEAM PLT.
The climate verdict for Canaday Steam Plt
Canaday Steam Plt, Nebraska has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 51°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 51°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 23.4"
- annual precipitation · 20" snow
- 170 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Canaday Steam Plt: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00251450 · Canaday Steam Plt, NE 51°F mean · 23.4" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #2,950
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Weber Basin Pum…
- PRCP-DRY 23.4"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,122 HDD
- STN-1 USC00251450
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Weber Basin Pump Plt, UT (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NE station list.
- Canaday Steam P… (this station) 51°F
- Cold Memphis, MO 51°F
- Hot Princeville, IL 51°F
- Near Weber Basin Pum…, UT 51°F
- Near La Harpe, IL 51°F
Climate Living Index · Canaday Steam Plt
Canaday Steam Plt: 47/100 · grade D
Canaday Steam Plt publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Canaday Steam Plt, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 23.4 in · 11.6 from 35 in | 59/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 20.0 inches/year | 49/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 152 calendar days | 45/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.7°F · 16.8° from 67.5°F | 43/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 170 days/year | 42/100 · D |
Canaday Steam Plt · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Canaday Steam Plt is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 26.6°F and warmest-month mean 75.2°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 75.2°F
- Coldest month
- 26.6°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Canaday Steam Plt sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Canaday Steam Plt's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 43rd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 32nd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 76%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Canaday Steam Plt is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Canaday Steam Plt compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Canaday Steam Plt's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Canaday Steam Plt's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 48 complete annual observations from 1963 to 2025, CANADAY STEAM PLT warmed at a fitted rate of 0.12°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Canaday Steam Plt primary station fitted change +0.12 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F (3°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 0.4" | 5.9" | 30.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 41°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.5" | 4.9" | 26.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (11°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 1.2" | 2.3" | 23.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (17°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 2.5" | 1.0" | 10.1 | 0.1 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.8" | 0.1" | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.7 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.4 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 3.4 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.7" | 0.6" | 8.1 | 0.3 |
| November | 51°F (11°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 0.7" | 1.9" | 23.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (4°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 0.6" | 3.3" | 30.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 17, short of 90°F on every date, while 152 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 15°F near January 9.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 30, then returns to freezing around October 31, covering 152 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 28, when 33% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 3 at 8%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 64 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Canaday Steam Plt.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 5.9"
2.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.9"
3.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.3"
4.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.0"
7.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
9.6 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
5.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.9"
2.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.3"
2.3 days with precipitation
Canaday Steam Plt runs a summer-peaked wet season
43% of Canaday Steam Plt's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is June at 3.9", on a wide 48.6°F gap between its warmest and coldest month. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: June, May, July, taking 47% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.4".
- Winter share: 7% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
When it rains in Canaday Steam Plt, it arrives in quantity
23.4" of precipitation falls across only about 64 wet days here, averaging 0.36 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 64 a year, 18% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- December, about 2
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Winter brings real snow to Canaday Steam Plt
Canaday Steam Plt averages 20.0 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 9 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 20.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 9 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 9% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 13
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
170 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,122
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
942
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Canaday Steam Plt on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (51°F here).
- Decatur, IN 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Ellicott, CO 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Fort Collins, CO 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Fredonia, NY 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (23.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Ballinger, TX 23.4" · 0.0" off
- Portola, CA 23.3" · 0.1" off
- Big Sky, MT 23.3" · 0.1" off
- Jayton, TX 23.3" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Canaday Steam Plt
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Canaday Steam Plt's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,122 annual heating degree days against 942 for cooling. Its 48.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Canaday Steam Plt's frost-free season lasts about 170 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Canaday Steam Plt coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 27°F (-3°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Canaday Steam Plt typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Canaday Steam Plt snow peak
January
Canaday Steam Plt averages 20.0 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Canaday Steam Plt's primary station: CANADAY STEAM PLT (USC00251450). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Canaday Steam Plt; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Canaday Steam Plt comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.